Hi Curbliers! Today, I'm excited to share an easy tutorial on how to make a inexpensive rag rug. This handmade, vintage project can bring some warmth to any room, and will last for a very long time. Plus, they're machine washable, which only adds to their softness.

Materials and Tools:

Old bed sheets (twin size or larger)

Scissors

Tape Measure

Craft Needle (used for sewing through heavy fabrics)

Invisible Thread

Safety Pin

Straight Pins

Due to my frugal nature, I like buy my sheets on sale or from a thrift store. I chose three different colors of sheets for this rug, but you could stick with one or two, or choose as many as you'd like.

Tip: Always wash the sheets before making the rag rug. The sheets should either be 100% cotton or a poly-cotton blend (and the thread count doesn't matter)

Make sure the end of the strips fall at various lengths. I did this by starting out the first braid with three different strip lengths. When the strip is getting close to the end, cut a one inch opening in the bottom of the strip. Add a new strip by slipping it through the opening and folding down the edge. Continue braiding while tucking the edge underneath.

After you have braided together all of the strips, make a knot in the beginning and the end.

Step Three: Start by pinning from the center of the rug outwards. I decided to stray from the norm and turn this rug into an apple.

Continue pinning until the size of the rug has been achieved. (I roll my braids into a ball to stay organized.)

Step Four: Hand stitch together each braid with invisible thread and the crafting needle. Stitch back and forth from parallel braids, every inch or so, working from the center outwards.

That's all there is to it. Enjoy your vintage one-of-a-kind rag rug for years to come.

Comments

Oh gosh it's me Kandy again, well my hero has me thinking of yet ANOTHER craft project to do with my 3 girls (age 12-29) I have been hanging onto those old sheets of mine for a reason... and now you have told me what it was! I am so glad I can crate something nice with them! Ya know, my mom had a wall-to-wall ragrug installed in our famly home way back in 1962! Don't know where she found a suplier for one so big, but everyone who saw it for the first time was surprised and thought it was so cool. Then when I got older and saw the smaller sized area rugs around, it really made me appreciate that wall-to-wall installation my mom had back then! And you're right; I remember her saying how "It wore like IRON!" HA! Well, yet again, another service project idea for me and the girls! Thank You So Much <3

Hi- I'm excited to try this project, if I need to make a very large rug (maybe 10 feet across- and area rug to really warm up a loft-type space) how many sheets do you think I will need? I'm going to crowd source friends for their old sheets- but don't want to overdo it.

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